Category Archives: Jock’s projects

Jock seems to be getting quicker at these embroideries: it only seems five minutes since he finished the goslings. The idea for this one came from an advertiseent in the Radio Times. courtship or antagonism ruffled feathers suggest a fight … Continue reading →

It’s been a funny old week Foggy mornings and evenings with mist, low cloud and drizzle in between. Wednesday afternoon was special: a poet friend brought another poet friend on the spur of the moment and the three of us … Continue reading →

Cheered by breath of summer warmth Lunch and a nap on the patio three days in a row. Is this a record? The network of contrails in the sky signals that holiday traffic is in full swing (see Thursday’s post). … Continue reading →

Here is Jock’s latest embroidery, just finished. Mister Fox is enchanting, and I think it’s one of my clever husband’s best. These embroideries are known as peinture avec l’aiguille (painting with the needle) in France, and Jock’s are done … Continue reading →

Jock has finished two embroideries this week. He did a head and shoulders of our neighbour on her wedding day, but wasn’t satisfied, so he did another one:and for want of anything better to do, he started one of a … Continue reading →

I am a mobile spirit level No sooner do I sit down with Lappy to write my usual fatuous six-word-Saturday than I am summoned to the workshop to adjudicate on the level of Jock’s electric drill …again … and again. … Continue reading →

Jock’s daughter wanted him to make her an occasional table, but he hated the photograph she sent. So he set to and designed his own, using cherry wood from a tree he cut down donkey’s years ago, in the garden … Continue reading →

Jock has finished and framed his latest embroidery today, of Celie’s peacock Mister Flowers. You can find lots more about the beautiful inhabitants of the Kitchen’s Garden here Jock insists I add that Mister Flowers is the one on the … Continue reading →

Yet another chain has emerged from a 3 metre long piece of oak, under Jock’s skilled hands. The method should be evident from the pictures. He’s now looking for a string of LED lights to thread through it. He … Continue reading →

Clear blue sky family coming good I learned a new poetic form this week called a hainaku which consists of three lines, three, two and one words. Perfect for 6-w-S My oldest nephew and his wife arrive today for a … Continue reading →

Last week’s projects have been undone so now I start again from scratch, older and wiser. The duff patterns have been shredded. Today the wind is winding and the rain is wetting, so I shall stay home and start the … Continue reading →